Apparatus for carrying and collecting drinking-cups.



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APPARATUS FOR CARRYING AND COLLECTING DRINKING CUPS. APPLICATION FILED MAR.22,1912.

1,045,135, A PatntedN0v.26,1912.

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1'0 all whom it may concern? Be it known that I, LUKE 'W, FARMER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at 'Sornerville, in the county of Middlesex' and State of lvlassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Apparatusior Carrying and Collecting DimkingCups, of which the following is a specification.

This inventiourelates to apparatus for collecting paper drinkingciips, and is intended as an improvement upon the appa ratus of Patent #986,571, datdlidaTch 145, 1911. 91, L

' One of the objects of the present invent-ion is the provision of means wherebythe coneasily and quickly removed.

"2 0. 7 substantially reduced, and its proportions Another object is the provisiouof means whereby more filled cups may be carr ed, yet the size and weight of the apparatus. are

made more symmetrical, thereby greatly im:

proving the appearance of the apparatus.

Another ob ect is the provision of a novel form of handle with its attaching-means which. acts as a support for-thesides of the which will be" filled wit waste-receptacle, and'enables the employ-- ment of a single strip of woven-wire tob e extended entirely around the waste-receptacle to form the sigh -openings. l

Figure 1 is a front elevation and partial longitudinal vertical section of a cup col-" lecting apparatus embodying this invention.

Fig. 21s a plan view, and Fig. 3 is a frag nientary sectional detail 'to be referred to;

' The base-plate a, which serves as the bottom of the waste-receptacle is made of larger area than the waste-receptacle, so as to form an extension-edge a, entirely around the waste-receptacle, and said extensionedge has arranged upon it suitable cup-holders a, adapted to receive aper drinking cups,

tothe patrons of a theater or other public place. The side wall tacle extends upward from said base a for a short distance, and with said base g to-rms A strip of woven-wire b, with large meshes,

yis extended entirely around said side wall,

at the tom the lower edge of which is sols pecificatioii of Letters Patent. r

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dered or otherwise secured to the top of the side wall; Said strip of woven-wire provides the waste-receptacle withthe necessary sight-openings, and when made of a single piece or strip may be conveniently secured to the side wall, and presents; sight openings entirely around the waste-receptacle. A ring a is arranged at the top of the wovenwi're strip, which is made of a shape to cor.- respond to the shape of the waste-receptacle, and the upper edge of said woven-wire strip is soldered or otherwise secured to the inside of said ring. Said ring has on its inside a horizontal lip a which extends inward and receives upon it the cover or top-plate a, of the waste-receptacle. Said cover is sustained in position uponthe lip by its edge engaging the ring abovethe lip, and by its weight. Said cover is removable 'to open the wastereceptacle at the top so that the contents thereof may be removed easily and quickly. Said cover has arranged upon it several cupholders, like the aforesaid cup-holders; and also has a funnel 0, set in a. hole provided for it, which extends down into and terminates vnear the bottom of the waste-reoepthe a-ttendantto pour the waste-water from the cups into the waste-receptacle Said less in diameter than the diameter of the paper cups, so that said cups when pushed or forced through said hole into the wastereceptacle will be crumpled and thereby de- A suitable handle is its attaching-means are devised to aid in stiffening the waste-receptacle. Said handle comprises two side strips 6, 0, extended from the bnseplate up along the outside of the waste-receptacle to a point above the top of saidtreceptacle where they are bent inward toward each other, and their ends upturnedto receive between. them a handpiece e Said upright side strips are rigidly at tached to the side-wall a and to the ring a and thus aid in sustaining tion independently of the which connects I claim tray-having a waste-receptacle with wa- I the ring 1n,pos1 woven-ire strip said ring with the side-wall.

talcle, its upper end being exposed to enable cover also has a hole a throu h it of a size provided for the apparatus and as here shown, said handle and.

- sight-openings above said compartment, the

an extension-edge, and cup-holders-arranged fer-tight compartment at the bottom and In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' r LUKE W. FARMER. Witnesses:

GEORGE R. BLmN, ANNIE L. TAYLOR.

bottom of said receptacle belngmade. of larger area than the receptacle and forming on said extension-edge, substantially as d;- scrlbed.

Copies of this petent may be obtained for five cents each, bf addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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